Columbia Research Laboratories
Columbia Research Laboratories manufactures a broad variety of sensors and associated signal conditioning electronics that include force balance inertial-grade accelerometers and inclinometers, piezoelectric vibration and pressure sensors, strain gage aircraft mainframe fatigue sensors, precision linear variable differential transducers, and fiber optic sensors.
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- 1925 Mac Dade Blvd.
Woodlyn, PA 19094
United States of America
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L.V.D.T Products
Columbia Research Laboratories
Columbia's L.V.D.T.'s are designed for the most demanding high temperature military and industrial applications where maximum life under adverse conditions is required. The corrosion resistant stainless steel housing provides effective shielding to contain the magnetic flux within the transformer, as well as providing protection against external magnetic fields. Conservative design permits the use of these transducers well beyond their specific linear range with minimum loss of accuracy.
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Piezoelectric
Columbia Research Laboratories
The Columbia product line of piezoelectric accelerometers is widely known for reliable performance, quality and ruggedness and is always expanding to meet the unique challenging and ever changing requirements of our customers. The selection of specifications, sizes and configurations is large and diverse and suitable for use on many applications requiring features such as, high performance, high accuracy, high temperature, seismic event, 4-20mA output, airborne, miniature size and general purpose use.
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Portable Vibration Meters
Columbia Research Laboratories
Columbia's Handheld Vibration Meter is a general purpose vibration measuring instrument for the periodic, routine checks of industrial machinery and general field use where portability and ease of use are required.
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Linear Accelerometers
Columbia Research Laboratories
Columbia Research Labs line of Force Balance Linear Accelerometers offers low cost, high performance, general purpose single axis accelerometers that are ideal for DC and low frequency measurements, with both voltage and current signal outputs available. Also offered are Columbia's Solid State Sensors and our specialized Airborne Sensors that generate outputs specifically designed to operate from +24 to +32VDC aircraft power, that is excellent for airborne telemetry applications. And our Low Noise Sensors are designed for use in seismic, low level, low frequency motion studies.
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Angular Accelerometers
Columbia Research Laboratories
Columbia Research Labs offers Angular Accelerometers that use the fluid rotor concept of sensing angular acceleration resulting in a highly accurate precision Angular Accelerometer that provide excellent bias stability and rejection of linear acceleration. We also offer smaller electrically damped Angular Accelerometers that provide exceptional high frequency characteristics for an angular acceleration within its range of sensitivity. Lastly we offer a Variable Range Angular Accelerometer allowing the customer to change the measurement range of the sensor to meet their requirements.
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Linear Motion Tandem Transducer
Columbia Research Laboratories
The Columbia Model LMT-50 is a unitized rugged package consisting of tandem linear variable differential transformers (LVDT's) with probe assembly. The LMT-50 is designed so that the likelihood of a single failure affecting both output signals is extremely improbable. The model LMT-50 offers flight proven performance, even in the most severe environments.
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Fiber Optic Pressure Seals
Columbia Research Laboratories
Fiber Optic Pressure Seals are designed to provide a safe, convenient, reliable method of exiting fiber optic data lines through a structure while preserving the integrity of either a pressure or vacuum environment.
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Dynamic High Pressure Sensors
Columbia Research Laboratories
Columbia's line of Dynamic Pressure Sensors can also serve as Acoustic Sensors (Microphones). They are designed to measure fast pressure variations, surges and dynamic blasts. The Sensors vary from low cost, small size, and lightweight to High Pressure (to 10,000psi) units, with all-welded contructions for extreme ruggedness, making them excellent choices for a wide range of applications.
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Accelerometers
Columbia Research Laboratories
The force balance accelerometer has a classical critically-damped, second-order frequency response. There is no peaking in the response but simply a smooth roll-off above the natural frequency. This property along with the excellent characteristics of the "HP" torquer design makes Columbia accelerometers the best choice for demanding applications where precise DC and near-DC measurements are needed in demanding shock and wide band vibration environments. Columbia force balance accelerometers are available to cover virtually all applications. Low noise, high output units can be used for seismic structure motion studies while miniature, high range versions are optimum for measuring more violent high G environments encountered in many industrial, aircraft and missile applications.
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Strain Sensors
Columbia Research Laboratories
Columbia's foil strain sensors monitor the fatigue loading experienced by tactical aircraft under various conditions of speed, weight and missions configuration. Critical undercarriage structures and control surfaces may be monitored for fatigue damage induced by high-G maneuvers and high stress landings. These sensors are self-temperatures compensating, environmental resistant, have a high output, two active arms and are easily installed. Developed for the demanding requirements associated with tactical military aircraft, they are equally useful performing many of the more common strain measurements encountered in the material testing laboratory. Columbia's foil strain sensors are considered the standard for the industry.
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General Purpose
Columbia Research Laboratories
This group of accelerometers is made up of the 3000 and 5000 Series. The 3000 Series are standard size units, including many with all welded construction, that are hermetically sealed for use in dirty and humid environments. The 5000 Series are smaller and lighter in weight than standard units. Characteristics are almost identical except that with miniature units higher natural frequencies and shock levels can be obtained due to their inherently reduced mass. Sensitivities, however are somewhat lower. High Temperature models are available that operate to +500°F. For best performance use with the Columbia Model 4601 Charge Amplifier or Model 5810 Inline Charge Converter.
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High Performance Linear Accelerometers
Columbia Research Laboratories
The sensors featured in Columbia's High Performance Force Balance Accelerometers offer extremely rugged, high performance accelerometers. These sensors are used in applications ranging from severe vibration and shock environments, to demanding missile and airborne applications and downhole well servicing applications. Columbia also offers high temperature and miniature High Performance Sensors.
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General Inclinometers
Columbia Research Laboratories
Columbia's SI-701 Series of Inclinometers are electronic tilt sensors based on Force Balance Accelerometer technology. They produce high level low impedance output proportional to the sine of the tilt angle. Model SI-701B is a low cost general purpose sensor that can be up-graded with the addition of the Columbia "HP" torquer system (SI-701BI) for greater accuracy and ruggedness. A bi-axial version of both units (SI-702B) is also available. The Model SI-701BI is designed with an output circuit made for 4-20mA data transmission systems for industrial applications. The model SI-701FND is a fluid dampened premium performance inclinometer designed to produce accurate tilt data in extreme shock and vibration environments. The latest addition in the line is Model SI-701WPBI, a waterproof (to 150 feet) inclinometer which operates from a +15 volt supply with 4-20mA output. A single power supply powers both the sensor and the 4-20mA line driver.
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Biaxial Inclinometers
Columbia Research Laboratories
Columbia's Biaxial Inclinometers use the same force balance accelerometer technology used in our single axis inclinometers. These Biaxial Inclinometers are used in applications where dual axis tilt measurements are required. The SI-702B series is intended for use in applications such as platform stabilization, surface mapping and measuring tilt angles in remote locations. The SI-701AI series, is designed with an output circuit configuration made for use in 4-20mA data transmission systems.
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Triaxial Linear Accelerometers
Columbia Research Laboratories
The Triaxial Force Balance Linear Accelerometers range from general purpose, low cost sensors, capable of measuring DC and low frequency acceleration simultaneously in three axes, to Miniature Airborne, Highly Reliable Sensors that operate from +24 to +32VDC Aircraft power. Also offered are compact, premium performance, extremely rugged sensors, well suited for demanding missile and airborne applications.
